american art

Companion book to Art for the Twenty-First Century, the first broadcast series for national television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists in the United States today.

A companion volume to an exhibition of modern American masterpieces assembled by St. Louis collectors Mr. and Mrs. Barney A. Ebsworth, including paintings, sculpture, and works on paper.

STUDY BEGINS WITH AN EXAMINATION OF NEO-CLASSICAL IMAGES OF THE LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURIES AND CONCLUDES WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE POP AND NEW REALISM IMAGES OF THE 60'S AND 7O'S, NOT CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY IN THE USUAL SENSE. DISCUSSES IMAGES OF AMERICA AND AMERICANS AND THEIR SYMBOLS, LANDSCAPES, BUILDINGS, AND ITS NATIVE, COUNTRY AND CITY PEOPLES. A PICTORIAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND IDEAS.

Presents the entire collection of paintings, sculpture, and drawings in the White House fine arts collection.

Paintings and drawings from official American Expeditionary Forces combat art commissioned during WW I.

Reproductions and text present a critical commentary on the artist and his working methods.

Discusses the sculpture, painting, signs, furniture, and other artistic works produced in America from 1620 to the early nineteenth century.